High index contrast polymer waveguide platform for integrated biophotonics

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 16217-16226

  Halldorsson, Jennifer ^a   Arnfinnsdottir, Nina B ^a   Jonsdottir, Asta B ^a,b   Agnarsson, Björn ^a   Leosson, Kristjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b HUTCHISON MRC RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

BEND LOSS; BIO PHOTONICS; BIOPHOTONIC APPLICATIONS; CLADDING MATERIAL; EVANESCENT COUPLING; FINITE-ELEMENT; HIGH INDEX CONTRAST; LARGE PARTS; MASS PRODUCTION; OPTICAL POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; POLYMER WAVEGUIDE PLATFORM; RING RESONATOR; SINGLE MODE WAVEGUIDES; TEMPERATURE SENSING; VISIBLE SPECTRA; WAFER LEVEL; WAVE SENSING; WAVEGUIDE PROPERTIES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

EID: 77954903001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.016217     Document Type: Article

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